Public Relations & Advertising at New York Institute of Technology

If you plan to study public relations and advertising, take a look at what New York Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NYIT is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 6,851 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from NYIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations & Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

NYIT Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

NYIT Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how NYIT performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at NYIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
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	184
	221
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	241
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	292
	303

Public Relations Student Demographics at NYIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at New York Institute of Technology.

NYIT Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from NYIT in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at NYIT since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NYIT also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	12

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for New York Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Leginius The Angry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.